In-depth Feature, Runway Safety
Rules on instrument approaches are too complicated, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says.
Pilots cannot be permitted to fly low visibility approaches in which they “go have a look,” hoping to glimpse a runway in instrument meteorological conditions, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) Chair Kathy Fox says.
Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Deck, News
The BEA is investigating what it calls a serious incident in which the pilots of a 777 applied opposing control inputs during a go-around.
In-depth Feature, Runway Safety
The ATSB says expectation bias played a role in the failure of a Saab 340B’s pilots to notice another aircraft on the runway or hear its radio transmissions.
The TSB says adding graphics to NOTAMs about partial runway closures could aid understanding of exactly what part of a runway is closed.
